The Speaker: Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English Writers: And Disposed Under Proper Heads, with a View to Facilitate the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking. To which is Prefixed an Essay on Elocution. By William Enfield ... A New Edition, Corrected ...J. Johnson, 1782 - 405 páginas |
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... noble ardour of a British Legiflator , rifing up in defence of the rights of his country ; the quick recollec- tion , the forcible reasoning , and the ready utter- ance of the accomplished Barrifter ; and the fub- lime devotion ...
... noble ardour of a British Legiflator , rifing up in defence of the rights of his country ; the quick recollec- tion , the forcible reasoning , and the ready utter- ance of the accomplished Barrifter ; and the fub- lime devotion ...
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... noble descent would then indeed be a valuable privilege . TRUTH is always confiftent with itself , and needs nothing to help it out . It is always near at hand , and fits upon our lips , and is ready to drop out before we are aware ...
... noble descent would then indeed be a valuable privilege . TRUTH is always confiftent with itself , and needs nothing to help it out . It is always near at hand , and fits upon our lips , and is ready to drop out before we are aware ...
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... noble truth and fentiment was expreffed by the former in a natural man- ner , in word and phrafe fimple , perfpicuous , and incapable of improvement . What then remained for later writers , but affectation , witticism , and conceit ? WE ...
... noble truth and fentiment was expreffed by the former in a natural man- ner , in word and phrafe fimple , perfpicuous , and incapable of improvement . What then remained for later writers , but affectation , witticism , and conceit ? WE ...
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... noble air , and graceful de- portment ; her beauty was natural and eafy , her perfon clean and unspotted , her eyes caft towards the ground with an a- greeable reserve , her motion and behaviour full of modesty , and her raiment as ...
... noble air , and graceful de- portment ; her beauty was natural and eafy , her perfon clean and unspotted , her eyes caft towards the ground with an a- greeable reserve , her motion and behaviour full of modesty , and her raiment as ...
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... noble pleafure . If you would gain the favour of the Deity , you must be at the pains of worshipping him ; if the friendship of good men , you must Atudy to oblige them ; if you would be honoured by your country , you must take care to ...
... noble pleafure . If you would gain the favour of the Deity , you must be at the pains of worshipping him ; if the friendship of good men , you must Atudy to oblige them ; if you would be honoured by your country , you must take care to ...
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